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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 93-R44RESOLUTION NO. 93-R44 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTIONS 3 AND 5 OF RESOLUTION 92-C40 REGARDING RULES OF ORDER FOR THE CONDUCT OF CITY COUNCIL AND AGENCY BOARD MEETINGS WHEREAS: The City Council has previously adopted rules to govern City Council and Redevelopment Agency Board meetings; and WHEREAS: The City Council desires to amend Section 3 of Resolution 92-C40 to require public participation at City Council meetings and Agency Board Meetings be limited to one hour and be held immediately after the ceremonial portion of the City Council and Agency Board Meetings; and WHEREAS: The City Council desires to amend Section 3 of Resolution 92-C40 to require speaking time for public participants at City Council meetings and Agency Board Meetings be increased to five minutes and to require each participant to address any item on the agenda only once, and only in the public participation portion of the agenda, except for Public Hearings, or where a scheduled item directly pertains to a specific individual or group; and WHEREAS: The City Council has previously adopted Resolution 92-C40 which adopted a revised set of Rules of Order and the City Council wishes to amend Section 3 of Resolution 92-C40 to adopt the revised rules expressed and set forth herein above. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Sections 3.A.2, 3.B.4, 3.D.5, and 3.D.6 of Resolution 92- C40 are hereby repealed. SECTION 2. Section 3.B of Resolution 92-C40 is hereby amended to read as follows: B. AGENDA ITEMS 1. Persons who wish to speak on any item on or off the agenda except as provided in Section 5 shall fill out a card requesting to speak on the item. 2. The card shall be submitted to the City Clerk by 7:30 p.m. on the night of the meeting. The City Clerk shall present all such requests to the Mayor prior to the time the item is called for public participation. 3. After the Mayor calls for public participation, the Mayor shall call on persons who have submitted a card to speak on the item. 4. The Mayor, with the consent of the Council, may establish a maximum period of time for public comment on an agenda item. 5. There shall be no further public input once the Council starts deliberation on the agenda item unless the Council requests additional information from either Staff or the public. SECTION 3. Section 3.E is hereby added to read as follows: E. PUBLIC ORAL PARTICIPATION 1. Members of the audience shall have an opportunity to speak to both agenda and non -agenda items. RM0\094.R 1 2. Public participation shall be immediately after the ceremonial portion of the City Council and Agency Board meetings and before adoption of the consent agenda. 3. Public participation for both agenda and non -agenda items shall be limited to one (1) hour. 4. Person/Group addressing the City Council during the Public Participation portion of the meeting shall be limited to a maximum time of five (5) minutes. The person shall be allowed to speak without interruption during the five (5) minute period, subject to compliance with applicable meeting rules. Questions to the speaker or responses to the speaker's questions or comments shall be handled after the speaker has completed his or her comments. No speaker may assign his or her minutes to any other person. 5. Each person is limited to address any item on the agenda once only, and only in the public participation portion of the agenda, except for Public Hearings, or where a scheduled item directly pertains to a specific individual or group. SECTION 4. Section 5.B.2 of Resolution 92-C40 is hereby amended to read as follows: 2. The Mayor will first ask the Council members and staff if there is request to remove an item from the Consent Calendar in order to speak for or against the Recommended Council Action. The Mayor with consent of Council or the Council on its own motion shall have authority to decide which items shall be removed from the Consent Calendar. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Resolution, no person may speak on a Consent Calendar item unless it is removed from the Consent Calendar. SECTION 5. PASSED, ADOPTED AND APPROVED this 2nd day of August 1993. Mayor I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Azusa at a regular meeting thereof, held on the 2nd day of August 1993. by the following vote of the Council: AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: DANGLEIS, MADRID, NARANJO, MOSES NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: ABSENT: /.COUNCIL MEMBERS: RMG%M.R 2